Cold front

A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air at ground level that replaces a warmer mass of air and lies within a pronounced surface trough of low pressure. It often forms behind an extratropical cyclone (to the west in the Northern Hemisphere, to the east in the Southern), at the leadin...

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Cold front
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"Frigid Front Arrives: First Snow and Deep Freeze Hit Midwest and Beyond!"

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